EU countries by battery electric cars on the road

Germany had the highest battery electric cars on the road of 24 EU countries in 2021, at 618,460. Cyprus had the lowest, at 333. The median was 18,478. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest618,460Germany

Lowest333Cyprus

Median18,47824 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2021

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count, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2021

count. Source: Eurostat, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Germany	618,460	+100.1%
2	France	403,329	+64.5%
3	Netherlands	245,091	+41%
4	Italy	118,034	+122.4%
5	Sweden	110,177	+97.5%
6	Austria	76,539	+72%
7	Spain	66,085	+53%
8	Belgium	52,375	+64.8%
9	Portugal	43,309	+60.7%
10	Finland	23,745	+135%
11	Ireland	21,085	+67.7%
12	Hungary	18,823	+70.9%
13	Poland	18,132	+85.6%
14	Romania	12,433	+114.3%
15	Luxembourg	8,528	+91.9%
16	Slovenia	5,413	+47.5%
17	Lithuania	4,831	+95.2%
18	Greece	4,076	+190.3%
19	Slovakia	3,701	+62.3%
20	Croatia	2,977	+126.6%
21	Estonia	2,456	+38.5%
22	Latvia	2,106	+74.8%
23	Malta	1,785	+37.8%
24	Cyprus	333	+38.8%

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About this ranking

Passenger cars powered only by electricity registered at the end of the year (the stock, not new registrations).

Counts cars on the register on 31 December, as reported by national vehicle registers to Eurostat. Plug-in hybrids, other hybrids and hydrogen cars are not included. Germany counts its register on 1 January of the following year, so its 2024 value is the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) figure for 1 January 2025. Regions use NUTS 2024 codes; a few countries report no regional breakdown.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 2 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst) (EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table

MLA 9

Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst), EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 31 Aug. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2021.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst), EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest battery electric cars on the road?

Germany, with 618,460 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest battery electric cars on the road?

Cyprus, with 333 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 EU countries have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.